Give me a story
with a gorgeous
ebbing shoreline
a few green fields
a modest house
a garden and
enduring love
not the
Hollywood heat
that could
burn a village
down but a
love steadfast
faithful
aware
of its own
good fortune
love that is a
lamp unto
itself
trusting willing
longed for
and held
an inner ember
glowing
triumphant
in its knowing
told and retold
perhaps simply
offered given
received and
understood.
~Ingrid Goff-Maidoff
